5499-S AMS MULL GORR 002

03/10/2005 PULLED

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By Senator Mulliken

On page 6, after line 38, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 29A.36 RCW to read as follows:

All provisional ballots and related materials, including the inner security envelope and the outer return envelope, must either:

(1) Be printed on colored paper distinctive from regular ballots, absentee ballots, and their related materials; or

(2) Be imprinted with a bar code for the purpose of identifying the ballot as a provisional ballot. Poll-site counting machines must be programmed to count only those provisional ballots with a poll-site bar code.

The bar code must not identify the voter."

Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

SSB 5499 - S AMD TO S AMD (KAST HESS 012)

By Senator Mulliken

On page 20, on line 23 of the title amendment, after "29A.84.650;", insert "adding a new section to chapter 29A.36 RCW"

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EFFECT: (1) Requires that provisional ballots and related materials be either printed on colored paper distinctive from other ballots, or be imprinted with a bar code for purposes of identifying the ballot as a provisional ballot;

(2) Requires that poll-site voting machines be programmed only to count provisional ballots with a poll-site bar code; and

(3) Requires that the bar code not identify the voter.